"Iindaba ezimnandi ezivela eMelika!" umgcini-mali kwivenkile yam yeencwadi eBeirut wandikhwaza ngenye intsasa, ephakamisela oobhontsi bakhe emoyeni. "Izinto ziya kuba ngcono emva kolu lonyulo?" Yhuu ndatsho. Ewe, hayi. Izinto ziya kuba mbi ngakumbi kuMbindi Mpuma nokuba, kwiminyaka emibini, i-US isikelelwe ngomongameli weDemocrat (kunye nedemokhrasi).
Kuba iintanda-bulumko eziyingozi emva kokuphalazwa kwegazi e-Iraq ngoku zihlamba izandla zabo kubo bonke ubutshijolo kwaye zikhala "Hayi Thina!" ngentshiseko efanayo nenenekazi laseLebhanon kwivenkile yam yeencwadi, ngelixa "iingcali" kushicilelo oluqhelekileyo lwase-US East Coast zilungiselela umhlaba wokurhoxa kwethu e-Iraqi - ngokubeka ityala kubo bonke abo babawayo, abanxanelwe igazi, abakhohlakeleyo, abonakeleyo, I-Iraqis engaguqukiyo.
Ndimele ndithi inguqulelo kaRichard Perle ye-mea culpa yawuthatha umphefumlo wam. Nanku owayesakuba ngusihlalo weKomiti yeNgcebiso yeBhodi yezoKhuselo yePentagon - owakha wathi, "I-Iraq ngumgqatswa olungileyo wohlaziyo lwedemokhrasi" - evuma ukuba "wayebujongele phantsi ubugwenxa" e-Iraq. Uphethe umongameli onoxanduva, ewe, evuma kuphela loo nto - kwaye apha, mfundi othandekayo, uginye nzima - "Ndicinga ukuba bendiyiDelphic, kwaye ndabona apho sikhoyo namhlanje, kwaye abantu bebesithi: 'Ngaba sifanele siye e-Iraq. ?' Ndicinga ukuba ngoku ngendithe, 'Hayi, masiqwalasele amanye amacebo …' “
Mhlawumbi ndifumana lo mntu uzenza ilungisa, odikayo u-mea culpa uyinto engathandekiyo ngakumbi kuba le ndoda ilusizi yayikhwaza kakubi kumnxeba werediyo e-Baghdad kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, indigweba ngokubanga ukuba i-US yayiphulukene nemfazwe e-Iraq. yaye ndibanga ukuba “ndingumxhasi wokugcinwa korhulumente wamaBaath.” Obo buxoki, ndingongeza, babunobubi ngakumbi njengoko ndandixela ukudlwengulwa kwabantu abaninzi kukaSaddam kunye nokuxhonywa kwintolongo yase-Abu Ghraib xa uPerle kunye namahlakani akhe bathe cwaka ngobungendawo bukaSaddam naxa u-Donald Rumsfeld wabo wayexhawula isandla se-monster eBaghdad eBaghdad. ukuzama ukuvula indlu yozakuzo yase-US apho.
Akunjalo ukuba uPerle akakho kwinkampani elungileyo. U-Kenneth Adelman, i-neocon ye-Pentagon naye wabetha amagubu emfazwe, uye waxelela iVanity Fair ukuba "ingcamango yokusebenzisa amandla ethu ekuziphatheni okuhle emhlabeni" ifile. Ngokuphathelele iqabane lika-Adelman uDavid Frumm, ugqibe kwelokuba uMongameli Bush “akazange azifunxe zizimvo” emva kweentetho awayezibhalelwe nguFrumm. Kodwa oku, ndiyoyika, ayisiyiyo eyona nto imbi kakhulu evela kwabo basikhuthazayo ukuba sihlasele i-Iraq kwaye siqale imfazwe elahlekise ubomi babantu abangama-600,000.
Kuba into entsha inyakazela kumaphepha eThe New York Times kunye namanye amalungu amakhulu karhulumente e-US Kwezo ntatheli ezazixhasa imfazwe, akwanelanga ukumbetha uBush. Hayi, baneflegi entsha yokubhabha: I-Iraqis ayisifanelanga. UDavid Brooks - owakha wasixelela ukuba ii-neocons ezinjengoPerle azinanto yakwenza nesigqibo sikamongameli sokuhlasela iIraq - uye wagqogqa indlela yakhe ngesincoko sikaElie Kedourie sika-1970 malunga nokuhlala kweBritane eMesopotamia ngeminyaka yoo-1920. Yaye yintoni ayibhaqileyo? Ukuba "amaBhritane azama ukukhuthaza ubunkokeli obunembopheleleko ukuba akukho nto," ecaphula igosa laseBritane ngelo xesha njengesigqibo sokuba amaShiites aseIraq "awanasizathu sokuyeka ukuncama izilangazelelo zase-Iraq kwabo bacinga ukuba zezabo."
Kodwa inqaku leBrooks kwiThe New York Times nalo lalisoyikisa. I-Iraq, ngoku uyasazisa, inengxaki “yokudityaniswa okupheleleyo kwezentlalo” kwaye “iimpazamo zaseMelika” zongezwa “ziidemon ezifanayo zakudala zase-Iraqi: ukunyoluka, ukukhanuka igazi kunye nokungafuni ukulalanisa, naxa ujongana nesiqu sakho. ukugxothwa.” I-Iraq, uBrooks ugqibe kwelokuba, "isondele kumda wamampunge" kwaye ukuba imikhosi yase-US ayinako ukubuyisela ucwangco, "iya kuba lixesha lokuyiphelisa i-Iraq," isabalalisa igunya ukuya "kwintsapho, isizwe okanye ihlelo" - ukulinda. kuba - "luluntu kuphela olusebenzayo."
Kwaye akufanele ukholelwe ukuba inqaku leBrooks limele ilizwi elilodwa.
Nanku uRalph Peters, umbhali wase-USA Namhlanje kunye negosa lomkhosi wase-US elidla umhlala-phantsi. Wayeluxhasile olu hlaselo kuba, uthi, "wayeqinisekile ukuba uMbindi Mpuma wawunezopolitiko, intlalontle, ukuziphatha kunye nobukrelekrele kangangokuba kwafuneka ukuba (sic) sibeke emngciphekweni wokungenelela - okanye sijongane nezizukulwana zobunqolobi kunye nezidubedube." Kuzo zonke iimpazamo zaseWashington, uPeter uqhayisa ngelithi, "sibanike iIraqi ithuba elahlukileyo lokwakha idemokhrasi yomthetho."
Kodwa ngoku kubonakala ngathi abo bantu baseIraq baxhwalekileyo, “bakhetha ukuzifica kwintiyo yakudala, ugonyamelo lokuvuma izono, ubuhlanga kunye nenkcubeko yorhwaphilizo.” Uthini uPetros? "Uluntu lwama-Arabhu alukwazi ukuxhasa idemokhrasi njengoko siyayazi." Ngenxa yoko, “yintlekele yabo, kungekhona eyethu. I-Iraq yayilithuba lokugqibela lehlabathi lama-Arabhu lokukhwela kuloliwe ukuya kwizinto zala maxesha, ukunika lo mmandla ikamva…” Okumangalisayo kukuba, uPeters ugqibezela ngokukholelwa ukuba “ukuba ilizwe lama-Arabhu ne-Iran liqalisa uphalazo-gazi, inyaniso ebuhlungu kukuba ibe ngabaxhamli" kuba i-Iraq iya kuba "idle" "abanqolobi" kwaye iUnited States "iya kuba lelona gunya likhulu eMhlabeni."
Asizintloni zonke ezo, akukho nanye kwaba bantu? - kodwa ingqikelelo yobuhlanga yokuba i-hecatomb e-Iraq yonke iphoso lama-Iraqis, ukuba umva wabo wangaphakathi, ububi babo, ukusilela kwabo ukuxabisa iziqhamo zempucuko yethu kubenza bangafaneleki ingqalelo yethu. Akukho ndawo apho umntu uyabuza ukuba inyani yokuba i-US "ngamandla amakhulu eMhlabeni" ayinakuba yinxalenye yengxaki. Kwanala ma-Iraqi anyamezela phakathi kweminyaka yawo embi kakhulu yobuzwilakhe xa iSaddam yayixhaswa yi-United States, eyavunywa yiZizwe eziManyeneyo ngexabiso lesiqingatha sesigidi sobomi babantwana nabathi ke bahlaselwa ngenkohlakalo yimikhosi yethu, basenokungabi nayo. sizimisele kakhulu kuzo zonke izinto ezilungileyo ebesinqwenela ukubanika zona.
Ama-Arabhu amaninzi, njengoko bendikhe ndabhala ngaphambili, angathanda enye yedemokhrasi yethu, kodwa angathanda olunye uhlobo lwenkululeko - inkululeko kuthi.
Kodwa uyayifumana ingongoma. Silungiselela izizathu zethu zokuphuma. Abantu baseIraq abasifanelanga. Zikrole. Yiloo grit esiyibeka phantsi emgangathweni wentlango ukunceda iitanki zethu ukuba ziphume e-Iraq.
URobert Fisk ubhala evela kuMbindi Mpuma kwi-Independent yaseBritani.
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